Search Results - "BAKER, Nicola"
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Drug resistance in African trypanosomiasis: the melarsoprol and pentamidine story
Published in Trends in parasitology (01-03-2013)“…Melarsoprol and pentamidine represent the two main classes of drugs, the arsenicals and diamidines, historically used to treat the diseases caused by African…”
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High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance
Published in Nature (London) (09-02-2012)“…Five current human African trypanosomiasis drugs are used for genome-scale RNA interference target sequencing screens in Trypanosoma brucei , and reveal the…”
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Insights into antitrypanosomal drug mode-of-action from cytology-based profiling
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2018)“…Chemotherapy continues to have a major impact on reducing the burden of disease caused by trypanosomatids. Unfortunately though, the mode-of-action (MoA) of…”
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Aquaglyceroporin-null trypanosomes display glycerol transport defects and respiratory-inhibitor sensitivity
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2017)“…Aquaglyceroporins (AQPs) transport water and glycerol and play important roles in drug-uptake in pathogenic trypanosomatids. For example, AQP2 in the…”
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Aquaglyceroporin 2 controls susceptibility to melarsoprol and pentamidine in African trypanosomes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-07-2012)“…African trypanosomes cause sleeping sickness in humans, a disease that is typically fatal without chemotherapy. Unfortunately, drug resistance is common and…”
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Pentamidine Is Not a Permeant but a Nanomolar Inhibitor of the Trypanosoma brucei Aquaglyceroporin-2
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-02-2016)“…The chemotherapeutic arsenal against human African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness, is limited and can cause severe, often fatal, side effects. One of the…”
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Vacuolar ATPase depletion affects mitochondrial ATPase function, kinetoplast dependency, and drug sensitivity in trypanosomes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-07-2015)“…Kinetoplastid parasites cause lethal diseases in humans and animals. The kinetoplast itself contains the mitochondrial genome, comprising a huge, complex DNA…”
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Downstream passage of silver European eel (Anguilla anguilla) at a pumping station with a gravity sluice
Published in Ecological engineering (15-01-2021)“…The European eel (Anguilla anguilla (L.)) is critically endangered after a multi-decadal decline. Anthropogenic disruption to downstream migration, including…”
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Evolutionary analysis of cellular reduction and anaerobicity in the hyper-prevalent gut microbe Blastocystis
Published in Current biology (19-06-2023)“…Blastocystis is the most prevalent microbial eukaryote in the human and animal gut, yet its role as commensal or parasite is still under debate. Blastocystis…”
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An Improved Small-Molecule Inhibitor of FtsZ with Superior In Vitro Potency, Drug-Like Properties, and In Vivo Efficacy
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-01-2013)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Design, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of substituted oxazole-benzamide antibacterial inhibitors of FtsZ
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (01-01-2014)“…The design, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of a series of oxazole-benzamide inhibitors of the essential bacterial cell division protein FtsZ…”
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Does cardiac rehabilitation for people with stroke in the sub-acute phase of recovery lead to physical behaviour change? Results from compositional analysis of accelerometry-derived data
Published in Physiotherapy (01-06-2020)“…Does adapted cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improve the physical behaviours of people with mild-to-moderate stroke in the sub-acute recovery phase using a…”
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Direct and indirect impacts of pumping station operation on downstream migration of critically endangered European eel
Published in Fisheries management and ecology (01-02-2019)“…Downstream passage of European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) in catchments with pump(s) for water level management is a major concern. Catchment‐wide acoustic…”
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Emerging Concepts in Pediatric Emergency Radiology
Published in The Pediatric clinics of North America (01-10-2013)“…Radiologic studies are a vital component in the workup and diagnosis of disease. An appropriate radiographic study will accurately rule in or rule out disease…”
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Chimerization at the AQP2–AQP3 locus is the genetic basis of melarsoprol–pentamidine cross-resistance in clinical Trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolates
Published in International journal for parasitology -- drugs and drug resistance (01-08-2015)“…•Expression of AQP2 restores drug susceptibility in a resistant Trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolate.•The AQP2/3 chimera from the resistant isolate does not…”
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Enhanced Photoresponse in Solid-State Excitonic Solar Cells via Resonant Energy Transfer and Cascaded Charge Transfer from a Secondary Absorber
Published in Nano letters (08-12-2010)“…We present a spiro-linked molecule 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis(3-hexyl-5-(7-(4-hexylthiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)thiophen-2-yl)-9,9′-spirobifluorene…”
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Genome-wide RNAi screens in African trypanosomes identify the nifurtimox activator NTR and the eflornithine transporter AAT6
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (01-03-2011)“…Genome-scale RNA interference (RNAi) library screens in bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei, using nifurtimox and benznidazole, revealed type I nitroreductase,…”
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Attitudes of cardiac rehabilitation and stroke teams towards integration of stroke survivors into adapted cardiac rehabilitation: A focus group study
Published in Clinical rehabilitation (01-09-2024)“…Objective To explore the attitudes and beliefs of cardiac rehabilitation and stroke teams towards adapted cardiac rehabilitation, and the broader topics of…”
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Evaluating the impact of hydropower on downstream migrating anguillid eels: Catchment-wide and fine-scale approaches to identify cost-effective solutions
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-12-2020)“…Hydropower is an increasingly popular source of renewable and ‘green’ (in terms of emissions) energy, but reduced longitudinal connectivity and diverting flow…”
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Comparison of attraction, entrance and passage of downstream migrant American eels (Anguilla rostrata) through airlift and siphon deep entrance bypass systems
Published in Ecological engineering (01-01-2019)“…Downstream migrating anguillid eels face many barriers including turbines and pumps at impoundments for water abstraction, power generation and water level…”
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